Evening (Henry Hiles)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-27). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 472 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2019-05-16). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 80 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Time signature changed to 2/4.
General Information
Title: Evening
Composer: Henry Hiles
Lyricist: Frederick Ellis
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Keyboard
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1870 in Novello's Part-Song Book (2nd series), Vol. 3, no. 88
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Original text and translations
English text
1 Gentle Peace is crowning
Ev'ry hill and dell;
Nature slumbers, owning
Night's enchanting spell;
Still, with wild endeavour,
Fall the stream below,
Gurgling onward ever
With unceasing flow.
2 Ne'er doth Night allure it
Soft repose to try;
Nor the tinkling vespers
Sound its lullaby;
So, in all thy longings,
None but God beside,
Hath the power to give thee
Rest at eventide.